Stock Photo - APRIL 19, 2023: A Russian Navy Pacific Fleet Tupolev Tu-22M3 supersonic long-range strategic bomber performs a patrolling flight over neutral waters of the Sea of Okhotsk and the northern Sea of Japan during an alert military exercise. During the exercise, Tupolev Tu-22M3 crews provided air support to Russian Navy Pacific Fleet forces. On 14 April 2023, The Russian Navy Pacific Fleet was alarmed for an alert military exercise. The drill was based on a scenario, in which Russian naval forces were to prevent an enemy from entering the southern part of the Sea of Okhotsk and prevent enemy forces from landing on Sakhalin and the southern Kuril Islands. The alert exercise involved more than 25,000 troops, 167 warships, including 12 submarines, and 89 aircraft and helicopters. Video grab. Best possible quality. Russian Defence Ministry Press Service/TASS.